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Dana Yousuf Ajjawi, Administrative Assistant

Dana Yousuf Ajjawi

Administrative Assistant·American University of Sharjah

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, civil engineering

Work experience

Total years of experience: 18 years, 3 months

Administrative Assistant

November 2014 - Present

American University of Sharjah

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

November 2014 - Present

Professional Experience:
 American University of Sharjah | Administrative Assistant (2013 - Present)
- Ensuring that day to day work of the Department is maintained.
- Make sure that work flow runs smoothly and as required.
- Arranging meetings and taking minutes.
- Enter requisitions in the Banner System.
- Issuing letters and agreements.
- Knowing about the maintenance work needed in the Housing and Academic area.
- Working on contracts for vendors on Campus.
- Provide administrative back up for the Executive Director Office.
- Provide support to the call center and the information desk of the AUS.
- Work on the Room Reservation System.
- Work on renewing the Sharjah Tenancy Contract (STC) for vendors on campus.

Company industry:
Primary, Prep, & Secondary School
Job role:
Administration

Administrative Assistant

June 2012 - Present

American University of Sharjah

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

June 2012 - Present

18th, June 2012 - up to now:  8 hours / day

American University of Sharjah  Administrative Assistant
(14th, June 2012 - present)
 Excelled in role requiring the ability to handle a variety of customer service and administrative tasks and resolve customer issues with expediency.
 Demonstrated proficiencies in telephone and front-desk reception within a high-volume environment. Calmed upset/angry customers researched and rapidly solved problems.
 Register students for TOEFL and Placement tests and managing the candidate’s needs.
 Has access on the university system (Banner) to check student’s status, and to enter TOEFL Scores and others.
 Managing around 7 student workers and distribute work on them.

Company industry:
Primary, Prep, & Secondary School
Job role:
Administration

Student Helper

June 2007 - August 2011

American University of Sharjah

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

June 2007 - August 2011

Contact several companies, schools, and universities through phone and E-mail to give them information about our courses in TOEFL exams (IBT, PBT) PMP, etc.
Manage customer needs and ensure that their requirements are taken care off.
Reception assistant, filing and statistical data analysis assistant.
In charge of student TOEFL and placement test registration.
Updating data related to TOEFL and placement test registration.
Proctoring during examination period (TOEFL and Placement tests).
Student Ambassador that represent Testing Center in special events such as new student orientation programs and parent welcome sessions.

Company industry:
Primary, Prep, & Secondary School
Job role:
Customer Service and Call Center

Traniee

August 2010 - September 2010

Saffarini Consultant

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

August 2010 - September 2010

Summer 2010 - Internship in Saffarini Company:
 Trained in the department of structural design (office work), under the super vision of structural engineer.
 Trained how to differentiate between Architectural and civil drawings and understand them both in a way that I can place columns and beams correctly on the architectural one.
 Trained on civil engineering software (ETABS, SAP2000, Safe, AutoCAD, Prokon) and how to do a complete Analyses and Design Using them.

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Engineering

Education

American University of Sharjah

August 2011

August 2011

Bachelor's degree, civil engineering

United Arab Emirates

GPA (point): 2.7 out of 4

GPA (point): 2.7 out of 4

Skills

Civil Engineering
Expert
Civil Engineering
Expert
Graphic Design
Expert
Graphic Design
Expert
Analysis
Expert
Analysis
Expert
Structural Engineers
Expert
Structural Engineers
Expert
AutoCAD
Expert
AutoCAD
Expert
AutoCAD Expert
Expert
AutoCAD Expert
Expert
general computer skills
Expert
general computer skills
Expert
Civil Engineering software (ETABS, SAP2000, ABAQUS, PROKON, ... etc)
Intermediate
Civil Engineering software (ETABS, SAP2000, ABAQUS, PROKON, ... etc)
Intermediate
AutoCAD
Expert
AutoCAD
Expert
Civil Engineering
Expert
Civil Engineering
Expert
Graphic Design
Expert
Graphic Design
Expert
Analysis
Expert
Analysis
Expert
Structural Engineers
Expert
Structural Engineers
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certifications
The University gave us a cirtificate
American University of Sharjah
Dec 2012 - Dec 2012